Talk:1233: Relativity

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Should be "Gedankengang" (Plural, it's "Gedanke" + "n"). Means: chain/train/line of thought(s) 91.66.205.94 05:52, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Interesting idea, because it matches the text more closely, but he really wasn't that famous for his "chain of thought" - more famous for his Gedankenexperimente, for example, chasing a light beam (leading to Special Relativity) or the thought experiments that lead to the EPR paradox. --196.35.92.54 09:52, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Anyway, "Gedankedank" does not really make sense, it's not a word. 130.60.152.125
Might be refering to "Badonkadonk", even though "Gedankedank" isnt a german word. 178.26.88.31
That's what I think: He's taken "Gedankenexperiment", which sounds funny in English, and taken the "Gedanken" part and reduplicated it to match the sound of "badonkadonk", without worrying about whether it makes sense in German. --196.35.92.54 12:22, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Also, from reading http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=103423, in last week's "what if" there was:

20 meters per second is about how fast an average person with a good arm could throw a bouncy ball. Therefore, to determine the result of an impact, we can make use of what Einstein called a gedankenexperiment, or "thought experiment"

196.35.92.54 10:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)


I'm not sure what the "Lorentz contraction" in the title text is referring to, should this be added to the description? 96.228.23.74 14:06, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Side note: Logical conclusion -- Shakira's hips must like big butts. JamesCurran (talk) 15:30, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

" it is unlikely that he pondered how relativistic velocity would affect the appearance of his butt. " This, ladies and gentlemen, is why i read this! Funnier than xkcd sometimes... Way too many times, sometimes... 189.5.99.20 03:43, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

I just realized the number of this comic. Friday will be comic 1234. I doubt there will be a joke about it since I think only 404 and 1000 had any self-reference. 76.106.251.87 14:37, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Also, as part of a discussion for THIS comic, there was a bit of magnificent basterdry on Randall's part in seeding within his What If all the information needed to get the joke. Almost anyone that read it would get an immediate chuckle out of it. For me, I had even forgotten the source of where I had learned what "gedankenexperiment" meant. 76.106.251.87 05:20, 5 July 2013 (UTC)